gorged
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- ungorged adjective
Etymology
Origin of gorged
Example Sentences
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Even now, as Master Gogolev gorged himself on food and self-pity, son and father sat in Lord Fredrick’s taxidermy-filled study only one floor below, speaking of Switzerland, wallpaper, and baby names.
From Literature
But it’s not like I opened the box and gorged myself on the pictures.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.
From Salon
“The bed bugs latched onto the Plaintiffs while they slept, sucked their blood until they were gorged, and resisted eradication,” according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times
The caravan gorged itself for two days and grew in size to eighty camels, fifty tarpan horses, and forty mules.
From Literature
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